Stab Mag goes through all the gory details that lead to Joel Parkinson losing the 2010 ASP World Title to Mick Fanning. And it all started one day in Bali. Watch the air reverse that injured the tour leader over and over and over in still photos, video, and slow-mo video. Oddly, if he had bailed it Parko may very well have the World Champ. Ah, hindsight. . .
[Link: Stab Mag]
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Anastasia Ashley and Gretchen Bleiler will be helping two “adventure-seeking guys. . . perform an itinerary of tasks designed to K.O. the B.O. with Old Spice,” according to a post on WalletPop.
The guys, chosens as part of Old Spice’s Fresh Collection Intern Challenge, will split up and spend four days with either Ashley in Fiji or Bleiler in Zermatt, Switzerland. There they will do silly stunts to promote Old Spice like this:
Don traditional Swiss lederhosen and tear up the mountain while snowboarding some of the world’s best snow. Attach 10 Velcro-padded sticks of Old Spice Matterhorn to the Lederhosen suspenders and hand out to 5 other skiers and snowboarders on the mountain – while yelling out “You smell like Matterhorn!!” – at the same time. Use your helmet cam (provided by Old Spice) to capture video of you in action – and reaction shots.
In Fiji Ashley will apparently hook the boy up with a lesson on how to blow a conch shell. We’ll just leave it at that.
[Link: Old Spice Adventure via WalletPop]
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The triathlon of board sports, the Ultimate Boarder competition returns this weekend with surfing at Seaside Reef in the heart of SoCal’s North County San Diego. Then the whole circus heads to NorCal for snowboarding at Northstar-at-Tahoe and skateboarding at Reno’s Grand Sierra Resort. Some of those competing include:
SURF: Nathan Carroll (Haleiwa, HI), Christian Fletcher (San Clemente, Calif.), Eric McHenry (Cardiff, Calif.), Mike Morrissey (Laguna Beach, Calif.), Ricky Whitlock (Carlsbad, Calif.), Bryce Young (Angourie, AUS)
SKATE: Aaron Astorga (San Diego, Calif., 2008 Ultimate Boarder Champion), Cody and Jack Hagar (Long Beach, Calif.) Omar Hassan (Newport Beach, Calif.), Lyn-z Adams Hawkins (Cardiff, Calif., only female competitor), Chad Shetler (Dana Point, Calif., 2009 Ultimate Boarder Champion), Tosh Townend (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
SNOW: Dave Downing (Encinitas, Calif.), Zachary Leach (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Kristian Phillipp (Auckland, NZ), Shayne Pospisil (Mansquan, NJ), William “BJ” Linne (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.), Todd Richards (Encinitas, Calif.)
It all starts on Saturday March 13, 2010. For more info click the link.
[Link: Ultimate Boarder]
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A missing California man, Sam Zhoum, 35 of the San Francisco Bay Area, who rented a surfboard and paddled out at Laniakea on the North Shore of Oahu only to disappear in three to six foot surf was encouraged to take a surf lesson by a surf shop employee but declined, according to a story on KHON 2 TV. Now, the story has gotten even worse.
Around 7:30 Wednesday morning a fire search helicopter made a gruesome discovery about a mile and a half from Laniakea. . . “They saw a body off shore Papailoa Point about a quarter mile off, and they also saw sharks, three large Tiger Sharks exhibiting aggressive behavior and shortly after they were no longer able to see the body,” said Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Terry Seelig.
The man, reportedly from the San Francisco Bay area was in his 30s.
[Update 2:25 PM: “This morning, a resident walking on Papailoa Point Beach found a pair of ragged black shorts. Police identified the shorts as belonging to Zhoum.” Hawaii News Now. Sounds like one of those tigers must have coughed them up.
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The city council in Encinitas, California has decided that it will open the world famous Swami’s for a potential contest even though the locals are all bitter on the idea, according to story in the San Deigo Union-Tribune.
The council voted 3-2 to allow world-renowned surfer Linda Benson to seek a city permit to hold her four-day women’s longboarding championship at Swami’s in October, as the Parks and Recreation Commission recommended. . . Mayor Dan Dalager, Councilman James Bond and Vice Mayor Maggie Houlihan said the city’s permit process will determine whether Benson’s contest can work at that beach. . . “That’s what the process is about,” Dalager said. “It may not get through the process, or it may.”
Maybe this will finally open the door for a Rip Curl Search event in the future. . .
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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Stephanie Gilmore wins again at The Roxy Pro at Snapper Rocks. Melanie Bartels was second.
“I was definitely really relaxed but kind of nervous at the same time – just a little mixture of feelings,” Gilmore said. “As defending event champ and defending world champ, I guess it put some pressure on me to win this event so it feels good to win.” . . . “It’s really tough,” Gilmore said. “They’re hungry and I think when you start off the year with not the result you were looking for, you just go into the next event even more focused and more hungry and it’s just getting harder and harder from here and then. She (Bartels) was one of the few girls really pushing us towards progressive maneuvers and really using that judging criteria to her advantage, so I’m definitely going to have to surf it up for the next events.”
We’ll go out on a limb and guess that Steph will win most of the events this year. Follow the jump for all the details. . .
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Taj Burrow saved his charge for the last half of the final against South Africa’s Jordy Smith after sitting out most of the first half of the 40 minute heat of the Quiksilver Pro 2010 at Snapper Rocks. In the second 20 minutes Burrow kicked out a 7.4, followed by a 6.17, and then hammered the final shut with a 8.17 wave. Taj spent the last four minutes of the heat sitting on Jordy to make sure he could not answer back. He didn’t. Taj finished with a 15.57 to Jordy’s 12.56.
With this win Taj followed up his 2009 Pipeline Masters win with his second consecutive title on the ASP WCT tour and third consecutive contest win.
“I’m normally pretty inconsistent,” Taj said from the stage. “I’m blown away. I’m so happy right now. It’s the best feeling on earth. I don’t even know what to say. It’s so good to be in front of this huge crowd at home. I want to thank everyone, everywhere. My grandma in Arizona. It was my mom’s birthday yesterday.”
Jordy Smith had a great run, but as Bobby Martinez predicted earlier in the day: it came down to the waves. “This is my first final. I’m sorry the waves didn’t come through for all of you, but Taj got some great waves,” second place Jordy Smith said. “Congratulations Taj, you surfed a great final.”
Follow the jump for all the official ASP details. . .
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Later today, if the semi-finals of the Quiksilver Pro 2010 runs at Snapper Rock, the lone Australian Taj Burrow will go up against Bobby Martinez and Dane Reynolds (pictured above) will battle Jordy Smith.
What happened to everyone else? Out in a Round 4 massacre that included Ace Buchan, Damien Hobgood, Chris Davidson, Mick Fanning, Daniel Ross, Freddy P, Kieren Perrow and Kelly Slater who got eliminated by Jordy Smith.
Follow the jump for a little more on how it all went down.
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Round 3 eliminations at the Quik Pro 2010 at Snapper Rocks are currently in progress and live on the Internet. Thanks to three to four foot waves at Snapper Rocks organizers got an early start with the first heat beginning at 7:30 AM local time.
Today’s round 3 match-ups look like this:
Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Jadson Andre (BRA)
Heat 2: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Adrian Buchan (AUS)
Heat 3: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Chris Davidson (AUS)
Heat 4: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Owen Wright (AUS)
Heat 5: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. Andy Irons (HAW)
Heat 6: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Luke Stedman (AUS)
Heat 7: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Brett Simpson (USA)
Heat 9: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 10: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW)
Heat 11: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 12: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Jeremy Flores (FRA)
Heat 13: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Luke Munro (AUS)
Heat 14: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Mick Campbell (AUS)
Heat 15: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
Heat 16: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT)
[Link: Quik Pro 2010]
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Have to admit that we’re kind of surf filmed out, but it is good to see people like Joe G working diligently to keep if fresh. Stab magazine interviewed Joe on his new “concept experiment” for Globe.
You can watch “a rad surf part” everywhere these days and to me almost everything looks the same. I want the video tests to be what I see as an audiovisual experiment – something a bit different. Maybe an alternate music video for the song. Maybe something trippy that just so happens to have a few surf clips in it. Dunno. We’re basically just bored with a lot of the things we usually see in surf and like to try different takes on it.
Guess that’s all the motivation anyone needs.
[Link: Stab Magazine]
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